The new pill contains the protein ependymin, which is produced by the brain and stimulates the body into making its own disease-fighting anti-oxidants. These are found in fruit and vegetables and can combat the damage caused to our bodies as we age. Now researchers claim the new pill has the equivalent effect of eating 30 lbs of fruit and vegetables every day.
Intially, however, trials at Edinburgh University will test the drug on those with lung disease. The university’s Professor Bill MacNee said it could also have a huge effect on the treatment of Alzheimer’s and strokes. “If it works, it will have all sorts of implications, not only for lung conditions but any other disease in which oxidative stress plays a part,” he said.
Such oxidative stress disorders include aging: The scientists say the ependymin pill will boost average life expectancy from 75 to 120 years. The drug – currently known only as 1152 (and apparently being developed in Taiwan; what, you want a translation? Good luck understanding it!)- could be available over the counter in less than two years and has already been successfully tested on geriatric mice. CereMedix President Steve Parkinson said, “We are all very excited about this drug for obvious reasons. We are confident that this drug will allow people to live an extra 40 years or more.”
This information should make for good conversation at lunch. Thanks for the post
Yes, but…
> "Everyone taking [this] pill will feel better
> and have more energy. Instead of pumping the
> patient full of chemicals we will be giving
> them a more natural drug."
Bullsh*t alert! Bullsh*t alert!
How can people make these claims without having ANY human test done so far??? This stretches their credibility.
First, you test.
Then, you announce what it will do!
digitalis would class as a ‘natural drug’ or a chemical? A matter of market-research viewpoints perhaps.
all i have to do to live to be 120 is eat 30lbs of fruits and vegetables a day?!
…whether you mean 120 years or kilo’s.
Is the Daily Record a tabloid? At first glance it sort of looks like it, it follows the same format as the ones in America.
Overexpression of antioxidants has been shown to extend life in every organism that they were tested on, from fruit flies to lab rats. The prediction of “40 years” seems off the cuff, but as far as we know more anti-oxidants = better.
The problem is that oxidative damage is cumulative. Therefore, the only way to tell if it works as an anti-aging pill is to have someone take ependymin starting at, say, age 30, and monitor them for 50 years.
Or we can base our predictions on the existing animal models (more practical).
Take your Vitamin C….
There was an article in the Denver Post this past weekend about CereMedix and their affiliate company, Lifeline Nutraceuticals.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~33~1812940,00.html
The article seems to balance enthusiasm with skepticism. Since then I have been trying to find out all that I can from the various sites discussing CereMedix and Lifeline. I even have an e-mail in to the company. Does anybody here have additional info?